Characteristics of patients who had undergone percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and comparisons between push and pull techniques
| All (n=217) | Push (n=138) | Pull (n=79) | P value | |
| Male | 117 (53.9%) | 79 (57.2%) | 38 (48.1%) | 0.193 |
| Age (years) | 1.7 (0.2–17.8) | 1.5 (0.2–17.3) | 1.7 (0.3–17.8) | 0.363 |
| Indications | ||||
| Neurological condition | 111 (51.2%) | 75 (54.3%) | 36 (45.6%) | 0.218 |
| Oncological disease | 27 (12.4%) | 19 (13.8%) | 8 (10.1%) | 0.428 |
| Cardiac disease | 22 (10.1%) | 12 (8.7%) | 10 (12.7%) | 0.349 |
| Gastrointestinal | 16 (7.4%) | 9 (6.5%) | 7 (8.9%) | 0.516 |
| Other | 41 (18.9%) | 23 (16.7%) | 18 (22.8%) | 0.271 |
| Previous abdominal surgery | 36 (16.6%) | 24 (17.4%) | 12 (15.2%) | 0.675 |
| Preoperative weight (kg) | 9.5 (3.5–74.0) | 9.4 (3.5–41.6) | 10.5 (4.5–74.0) | 0.517 |
| Follow-up time (years) | 6.1 (0.1–18.3) | 4.3 (0.1–10.5) | 12 (0.8–18.3) | 0.001 |
Number of patients with percentages for categorical variables and medians (ranges) for continuous variables.